BEAMA

Collectively, this association aims to turn the concept of Smart Housing into reality, and explain the benefits of investing in smart products.

There are many 'interpretations' of what is a Smart home. 
At BEAMA we believe that a Smart home is not simply a dwelling that has 'gadgets' providing novelty over practicality and purpose. 

A true Smart Home is one that seeks to take full advantage of Smart technology within a wider, yet focused, specification allowing service providers and occupiers to benefit in many ways - from convenience and better living standards to energy saving and device communication.

What lifts a Smart House or dwelling beyond one merely fitted with appliances/systems with controls, is the ability to usefully link them together. To interactively control them with a degree of pre-programming.

This can be simple or complex, depending on application and flexibility required. For this to happen two elements need consideration: control medium and protocols used in the medium.

We have identified four distinct smart house types:

Green Smart Home

Allows the householder to reduce their impact on the environment by providing energy usage information, control strategies and automated operation of products.

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Safe and Secure Smart Home

Enables the householders to be more secure in their homes via security products allowing for increased user interaction, more remote controls and monitoring, internet use and other communications methods.

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Assisted Living Smart Home

Has features enabling housholders to enjoy, and remain longer in their homes, irrespective of age and/or disability.

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Lifestyle Smart Home

Possesses products with functionality to provide lifestyle benefits including intelligent entertainment systems and online on-demand services.

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